Daily drug restores sight to hereditary blind

作者：赵氦绉 发布时间：2019-03-01 04:07:05

By Andy Coghlan A HEREDITARY form of blindness has been delayed or reversed for the first time by a daily drug treatment. The drug is the first to benefit people with a disease of their mitochondria, the energy powerhouses of cells. There had been no way to halt the rapid onset of blindness in people with the most common mitochondrial disease, called Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy. It strikes men in their twenties, leading to total blindness within three to six months of the first symptoms appearing. But after receiving a drug called idebenone for six months,